diff --git a/gtk/gtkemojichooser.c b/gtk/gtkemojichooser.c
index 3ca17b71f8..ba5ac51b58 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkemojichooser.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkemojichooser.c
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ add_emoji (GtkWidget    *box,
         p += g_unichar_to_utf8 (code, p);
     }
   g_variant_unref (codes);
+  p += g_unichar_to_utf8 (0xFE0E, p); /* U+FE0F is the Emoji variation selector */
   p[0] = 0;
 
   label = gtk_label_new (text);
diff --git a/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c b/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c
index 434047fdaf..0a84400d1f 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ get_text (GVariant *emoji_data,
         p += g_unichar_to_utf8 (code, p);
     }
   g_variant_unref (codes);
+  p += g_unichar_to_utf8 (0xFE0F, p); /* U+FE0F is the Emoji variation selector */
   p[0] = 0;
 }